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BLUE AND GREEN FLASH???
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Sat Jul 29 04:44:01 2006 UTC
Heres one I took of a sunset and missed some film
in the camera right before the green flash I was
running after.
I took a small digital camera and put it behind
the film camera and got a weird green flash that
showed some blue on top! Is that possible?
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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AURORA AND FOREST FIRE
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Sat Jul 29 04:28:01 2006 UTC
Heres one I took yesterday night as I was
watching a forest fire and then, the sky showed
some green and purple!
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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HALO-HELICOPTER, HOW ARE YOU?
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Wed Jan 25 07:26:01 2006 UTC
Last week, as I came out from the heliport, I saw
a nice halo over one of the choppers.
Unfortunately, by the time I got my cameras
ready, the upper arc faded away! Oh well, better
luck next time!
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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CHRISTMAS HALO # 1
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Mon Dec 26 06:50:01 2005 UTC
What a beautifull Christmas day it was!
I saw the most intense sun-dogs and all that
jazz!
I could clearely see the ice crystals flying in
the air as they made those patterns!
And higher near the zenith, another rainbow arc
that you will see when my film will be done!
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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NO I WAS NOT DRUNK!
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Mon Dec 26 06:35:01 2005 UTC
I wanted to try to get the most in the picture.
It will be better with the film camera and the
wide lens
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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GREEN FLASH
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Sun Dec 25 08:41:01 2005 UTC
Looking through my pictures, I noticed that I
caught a green flash on this weird shaped sunset!
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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SUN HALO
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Sun Dec 18 08:31:01 2005 UTC
This halo was shot during an astronomy camp. In
the evenings...too cloudy to do anything...well
astronomically speaking ! But during the day
around noon, when everybody was eating, I was
fortunate enough to get the only astronomical
phenomenon of the week-end! Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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BLACK JAMES-BAY SKY???
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Sat Oct 1 05:42:01 2005 UTC
In the beginning of sept, I had a friend who came
to visit me. He brought his 16 in. dob to try it
on the northern sky of James-Bay.
One evening, as we arived next to the bay, after
Jupiter and Venus went to bed, we set up our
equipment and around 11PM, the starry black sky
started to show some green colors...
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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CIRCUMPOLAR AURORA!
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Sat Oct 1 05:42:01 2005 UTC
After a while, it seemed to go away.
So I was able to do a longer exposure...like 30
min to get a circumpolar shot!
The purple was not visible to the naked eye, just
a small green innocent band crossing the
sky...but 30 min will sometimes reveal little
"auroral treasures"!
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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NOT TONIGHT!
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Sat Oct 1 05:28:01 2005 UTC
Then it got stronger to the point that it was
actually messing up the sky to be able to do our
observations with our instruments!!! Gee! talk
about being unlucky!!!
"Forget the telescopes...just sit and enjoy the
show!"
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
micheltournay@yahoo.ca
or visit:
www.aurora-borealis.ca
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SHIRLEY AND AURORA!
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Fri Sep 30 05:28:01 2005 UTC
As I was driving down the 450 mile James-Bay
road, I saw the big truck known as "Shirley"
parked for the night.
>From a German company called SCHEARLE (pronounced
"Shirley"), this 96 directionnal-wheel giant can
carry 300 ton transformers to power dams...at 10
mph !!! (small one on the picture..160 tons!)
There's even a food cantine, with a chef that
follows it.
In the 70's, when they built the dams, there was
a popular singer named Shirley Th廨oux (the
pronounciation means: Shirley...your wheels!!!)
Hence the name Shirley for that truck!
After 20 years working in the north, Its my 3rd
time i see that truck...a very rare occasion for
me!
I stopped and waited for the auroras to show up.
They came but not very strong
as you can see...but it got better!!!!
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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SHIRLEY AND MOON-BOW!
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Fri Sep 30 05:13:01 2005 UTC
After a while, some thick fog settled in and with
the help of the almost-full moon, I could see my
first moon-bow... right above "Shirley"!
When the auroras went away, iI could see a dark
bow in the middle of 2 bright ones! (Mr
Cowley...help me on this one!)
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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"HOSPITAL-BOW"!!!
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Mon Aug 1 11:25:01 2005 UTC
Weird phenomenon in the morning, when the sun's
reflection on a building is creating a rainbow
pattern on a roof window in the hospital...thus
creating a "hospitalbow"
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS # 2
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Sat Jul 16 07:37:01 2005 UTC
Those clouds are actually as high as some
auroras, but they dont emit their own light like
the northern lights do.
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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NOCTILUCENT CLOUDS # 1
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Sat Jul 16 07:24:01 2005 UTC
If you are in the 50 to 65 degres latitude,
sometimes, in the summer, a phenomrnon called the
noctilucent clouds can be seen.
They are clouds that are very high (80 km up in
the air) and those clouds reflect the sunlight
after it has set and is between 6 and 12 degres
below the horizon.
Thats why you need to be in the higher latitudes.
Too low and the sky will be too dark, too high
and the sky wont be dark enough to see them!
I'm at 53.5...lucky enough to see them!
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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MAKING OF SOLAR HALO # 1
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Wed Jun 22 14:00:01 2005 UTC
One evening in august 2004, coming back from a
boat ride in James-Bay, Canada
we saw regular sundogs with reflections in the
water. Told my friend about it , their cause
etc...t'was nice!
As the time went on, as would have sad Ed
Sullivan: "TONIGHT, WE'VE GOT A REALLY BIG SHeW"!
Boy where we in for a surprize!
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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MAKING OF SOLAR HALO # 2
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Wed Jun 22 14:00:01 2005 UTC
As the time passed, it got stronger.
The small sundogs in the beginning where taking
an arc shape, growing longer!
And it got better!
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
micheltournay@yahoo.ca
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MAKING OF SOLAR HALO # 3
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Wed Jun 22 14:00:01 2005 UTC
And then, we could see the beginning of an upper
tangent arc....but it got better... don't go yet!
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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www.aurora-borealis.ca
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MAKING OF SOLAR HALO # 4
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Wed Jun 22 14:00:01 2005 UTC
After a while, we could see more of the upper
tangent arc....but it got better... don't go yet!
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
micheltournay@yahoo.ca
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MAKING OF SOLAR HALO # 5
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Wed Jun 22 13:46:01 2005 UTC
Then it became stronger and we could see colours
in it!
I knew then, we where in front of a rare display!
Told my friend to look carefully at it because
we probably will never see that again in our
lives!
Thats the first time I see this "V" shaped
arc...and I'm 43...so the probability are slim to
see another one...but I wouldn't mind! At that
point we put the anchor in the water and stayed
there for the rest of the show!
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
micheltournay@yahoo.ca
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MAKING OF SOLAR HALO # 6
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Wed Jun 22 13:46:01 2005 UTC
Then, when we tought we saw it all, a Parry
infralateral arc showed itself !
The left one strongrer than the right one.
I just hope you can see it!
What an evening to remember!
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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AURORA AT 33 000 FT # 1
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Sat Jun 18 04:58:01 2005 UTC
On june 14th, I was fortunate enough to see,
coming back from Vancouver to Montreal, some
greenish lights throught the planes window! Lots
of turbulence, obviously no tripods and the
lights open in the plane made aurora photography
a challenge that I was willing to take up! I had
to crop the picture to take off nasty reflections
in the window!!!
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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AURORA AT 33 000 FT # 2
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Sat Jun 18 04:58:01 2005 UTC
At that moment the plane was shaking like
crazy...it really makes the details of the aurora
hard to see. It looks as if the focus was not set
properly!!!
One this one too, I had to crop the picture to
take off a lot of light reflections in the
window. I'll have to invent something for flying
astronomers! Not having invented anything yet...I
took the pillow, set the timer on the camera, and
covered it with the pillow in the window and
counted the seconds and hoped for miracles!!!
People in the plane must have tought I was crazy
!!!
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
micheltournay@yahoo.ca
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AURORA AT 33 000 FT # 3
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Sat Jun 18 04:58:01 2005 UTC
This one shows the beginning of a bluish aurora
in the center and we can also see the red giant
"Capella" dancing with the planes turbulence.
Note that the city lights below are dancing in
the same matter!
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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AURORA AT 33 000 FT # 4
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Sat Jun 18 04:58:01 2005 UTC
On this one we can see a bluish vertical
nitrogen-aurora in the center. Daylight showing
itself slowly but surely!
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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AURORA AT 33 000 FT # 5
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Sat Jun 18 04:58:01 2005 UTC
On this one, we can see the turbulence effect on
the long exposure, as we pass over a big city,
the lights go up and down!
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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AURORA AT 33 000 FT # 6
Submitted by:
michel tournay at Sat Jun 18 04:46:02 2005 UTC
Daylight is becoming more present but still we
can see some green in the sky!
Enjoy!
和ichel Tournay
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